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Celebrated Pianist, Conductor Zoltán Kocsis Dies Aged 64
- 7 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Celebrated Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer Zoltán Kocsis has died at the age of 64 after a long illness, spokeswoman for the National Philharmonic Julia Bukta told MTI on Sunday.
Torchlight March Held In Budapest To Commemorate Eve Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A torchlight march to commemorate Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising was held in Budapest on Saturday evening. A crowd of several thousand people, many carrying national flags, set out from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the site from where revolutionary marchers departed on October 22 in 1956.
Eyeful Festival Is Back In Budapest, Now On Until 1 October
- 20 Sep 2016 9:06 AM
- entertainment
From September 22 – October 1, 2016, the EYEFUL Festival is back for the fifth time, organized jointly by the Embassy of Switzerland, the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the Goethe-Institute. They are bringing to Budapest’s Művész Cinema the best of new films from German-speaking lands, including a number of prize winners.
Hungarian Rock Veteran Tamás Somló Dies
- 20 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Musician Tamás Somló, a long-time member of rock group Locomotiv GT, has died at age 68, his bandmate Gábor Presser announced on behalf of the family and the group. Somló had been fighting cancer for several years.
Writer Esterházy Dies At 66
- 15 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Internationally renowned novelist Péter Esterházy died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday afternoon at the age of 66, publisher Magvetõ and his family announced yesterday.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
Nobel Laureate Author Imre Kertész Dies At 86
- 1 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate author Imre Kertész died at age 86 after a long and serious illness, the publisher Magvető said. The novelist, essayist and translator was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming a Nobel laureate in 2002.
Foreigner Dies After Being Reject By Budapest Hospitals
- 17 Mar 2016 8:12 AM
- health & wellness
A 37-year-old foreign woman died last Wednesday after an operation, having been turned away from three hospitals in Budapest. An ambulance was called when the woman collapsed in the 12th District at 2:30 in the afternoon last Wednesday, March 9th.
Hungarian Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Dies
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Oscar Prize winning Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond died in Big Sur, California on Friday at age 85, his business partner announced on Sunday. Zsigmond left Hungary after the 1956 Uprising and worked in Hollywood for 50 years, winning an Oscar for Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978, a Bafta prize for The Deer Hunter in 1980 and an Emmy award in 1993 for Stalin, a co-production ...
Celebrated Pianist, Conductor Zoltán Kocsis Dies Aged 64
- 7 Nov 2016 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Celebrated Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer Zoltán Kocsis has died at the age of 64 after a long illness, spokeswoman for the National Philharmonic Julia Bukta told MTI on Sunday.
Torchlight March Held In Budapest To Commemorate Eve Of Revolution
- 24 Oct 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
A torchlight march to commemorate Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising was held in Budapest on Saturday evening. A crowd of several thousand people, many carrying national flags, set out from the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, the site from where revolutionary marchers departed on October 22 in 1956.
Eyeful Festival Is Back In Budapest, Now On Until 1 October
- 20 Sep 2016 9:06 AM
- entertainment
From September 22 – October 1, 2016, the EYEFUL Festival is back for the fifth time, organized jointly by the Embassy of Switzerland, the Austrian Cultural Forum, and the Goethe-Institute. They are bringing to Budapest’s Művész Cinema the best of new films from German-speaking lands, including a number of prize winners.
Hungarian Rock Veteran Tamás Somló Dies
- 20 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Musician Tamás Somló, a long-time member of rock group Locomotiv GT, has died at age 68, his bandmate Gábor Presser announced on behalf of the family and the group. Somló had been fighting cancer for several years.
Writer Esterházy Dies At 66
- 15 Jul 2016 9:00 AM
- community & culture
Internationally renowned novelist Péter Esterházy died of pancreatic cancer on Thursday afternoon at the age of 66, publisher Magvetõ and his family announced yesterday.
Treating A War Criminal At The Budapest Jewish Hospital
- 5 Apr 2016 9:00 AM
- current affairs
Béla Biszku, who died at age 94 last week, was Hungary’s most infamous unrepentant hard-line communist and the only official of the former pre-1989 regime ever prosecuted for crimes against humanity. Biszku served in the Hungarian Workers’ Party (Magyar Dolgozók Pártja) from 1949, as well as in its successor, the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party (Magyar Szocialista Munkáspárt – MSZMP), ...
Nobel Laureate Author Imre Kertész Dies At 86
- 1 Apr 2016 9:02 AM
- community & culture
Nobel laureate author Imre Kertész died at age 86 after a long and serious illness, the publisher Magvető said. The novelist, essayist and translator was the first Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming a Nobel laureate in 2002.
Foreigner Dies After Being Reject By Budapest Hospitals
- 17 Mar 2016 8:12 AM
- health & wellness
A 37-year-old foreign woman died last Wednesday after an operation, having been turned away from three hospitals in Budapest. An ambulance was called when the woman collapsed in the 12th District at 2:30 in the afternoon last Wednesday, March 9th.
Hungarian Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Dies
- 4 Jan 2016 8:00 AM
- current affairs
Oscar Prize winning Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond died in Big Sur, California on Friday at age 85, his business partner announced on Sunday. Zsigmond left Hungary after the 1956 Uprising and worked in Hollywood for 50 years, winning an Oscar for Close Encounters of the Third Kind in 1978, a Bafta prize for The Deer Hunter in 1980 and an Emmy award in 1993 for Stalin, a co-production ...